Friday, July 18, 2008

Coleco, that Connecticut Leather Company that had an odd thing for video games, released the impressive Telstar Arcade in 1977. It was an advanced cartridge-based evolution of the then popular Pong machines that came in a rather unique triangular case. As you can see above, each face of the console has been designed with a different type of game in mind. You get a light-gun, a steering wheel with a gearshift and traditional paddles. What's more, each of the four cartridges released came with quite a few games on them and a MPS-7600 chip. Find out more about the Telstar Arcadehere and/or here.

To grab a truly rare, fully working version of the machine try this Coleco Telstar ArcadeeBay offer. It's not cheap, but the seller ships worldwide, you'll be getting a triangular cartridge with 3 games and you wont be having many more chances at it... Well, probably, that is. Definitely worth a look.